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Implications for promoting physical literacy

  • Elizabeth Jayne Durden-Myers
    ,
  • Nigel R. Green
    ,
  • Margaret Whitehead
  • Liverpool John Moores University
Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Open access

Abstract

This study considers the implications for teachers of physical education of adopting physical literacy as the focus of their work. These implications arise from the philosophical underpinning of the concept, from the definition of physical literacy and are in line with the mission of the International Physical Literacy Association. In the first section of this study, recommendations stemming from the philosophical roots of the concept will be outlined in brief. The other three sections will demonstrate how this philosophical basis and the definition of physical literacy should inform, first, lesson and unit content; second, teaching approaches; and, finally, curriculum planning. Unpacking the implications and what physical literacy looks like in practice is essential if teachers are to begin to incorporate physical literacy within their practice.

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 262-271

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Journal of Teaching in Physical Education (Volume 37, Issue 3)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 31/12/2018

Publication status

Published - 31/12/2018

ISSN

0273-5024

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/624320
  • Scopus: 85052054182